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Originally Posted by Munchskull
I was wondering what tips and tricks your team uses to design a robot that is light and effective? What lightening patterns does your team use? Where do you use 1/8in wall vs 1/16in wall? ect.
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Since strength wasn't all that important this season, we used 1/16" tubing everywhere. Wherever we could, we used rivets, and wherever we couldn't use rivets, we used aluminum bolts. (except on the collector... learned that lesson the hard way) Aluminum bolts are way lighter, although they aren't nearly as strong.